The Coffee & Tea Exchange

3311 N Broadway, Chicago, IL

★★★★★4.8(911 Google reviews)

Crema's Take

The Coffee & Tea Exchange is a vibrant hub where serious coffee lovers and curious explorers alike find their next favorite bean, thanks to an impressive rotating menu of single-origins and a staff that's genuinely knowledgeable and warm. Beyond the meticulously crafted espresso and pour-overs, this shop doubles as a specialty retailer stocked with loose-leaf teas, freshly roasted beans by the barrel, and house-made flavored options that keep regulars coming back to discover something new each month. It's the kind of place that's perpetually buzzing with loyal customers who come for the quality and stay for the genuine hospitality.

What to expect

Specialty drinksMatcha & teaQuick grabEspresso focusedTraditional drinksPour over

Google Reviews

Jorge Mendoza
★★★★★2 months ago

The best coffee shop in our neck of the woods! They always have fun themed drinks, reasonably priced, and you're always greeted with a warm smile. The staff are very friendly and incredibly coffee savvy. Once you get a coffee from this place, you'll never go back to a national chain.

Anna Nicklow
★★★★★4 months ago

Absolutely love this spot for coffee and purchasing gifts! The monthly rotating menu is always so fun. Their coffee, teas, and matcha are always perfect and they have so many flavors to choose from. I do wish they offered lemonade, which I like to add to my iced teas, but that’s my only small qualm.

Derrick
★★★★★8 months ago

Really impressive store! Colorful. It's very very popular. My wife and I went and scanned the loose leaf tea he's got very excited had four bags ready to go and then noticed a sign on the wall that said you have to stand in this line and pay. The lion had about 10 people in it so we put the key back and left disappointed. They have another cash register on the left side near the door but they didn't choose to use that. It's a great place if you don't mind standing in line!

Almudena Veiga-Lopez
★★★★★8 months ago

Our place for anything coffee or tea! Amazing place for freshly roasted coffee, loose tea, and spices. Excellent quality and a huge variety. The shop is always packed, especially in the mornings for to-go drinks, but worth it. Pro tip: there’s a 15-minute standing parking area just across the street, which makes quick stops easy.

Rai Rakhman
★★★★★a year ago

As a coffee addict, I loved this place. I bought coffee from here, not any drinks. I love trying out new flavors and they have Colombian, Arabica, French, Italian and many more. Each of the barrels you see in the video has different coffee in them. They have around 3 different decaf coffee alone. When it comes to their price point I found it on more expensive side per pound. Most of their coffee starts at $14-$17 per pound, there are a few much below or higher than that. As I like to experiment with coffee tastes I paid even more expensive price point of $5 per quarter pound. In my opinion it is really expensive but again coffee flavor adventures do cost more than Costco coffees which are around $6-$9 per pound. I would definitely suggest to stop by. When you buy any coffee they do ask how you would like to be grinded. I couldn’t answer right away so they asked a few questions and figured out what I would need.

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